People living longer, children celebrating more birthdays and fewer families falling into poverty due to illness, are just a few of the outstanding results from countries increasingly adopting univers...

The 1980s and 90s were not easy for Central America. However, the new millennium has brought a new beginning led by trade activities, especially intra-regional trade. Central America is a small market...

In 2010, beef became Nicaragua’s second largest export item, after increased demand from countries like Venezuela, which became the largest importer of Nicaraguan processed beef. Such promising potent...

A customer walks along the aisles of a large supermarket in the United States and notices that pineapples are on sale in the produce aisle. The pineapples, still pricey, despite the discount, come fro...

New report finds that improvements in border administration and transport & telecommunications infrastructure and services could result in an up to 4.7% increase in global GDP, far outweighing potenti...

Gated communities guarded by gun-wielding sentinels and houses, both big and small, hidden behind barbed wired fences and barred windows seem to be a common sight -and an eyesore- in much of Latin Ame...

In a bittersweet paradox, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean seems to be on the rise as more people live longer with the condition, experts said on World AIDS Day 2012. With more...

WASHINGTON, November 29, 2012 – The world cannot afford for high and volatile food prices to be the “new normal,” while millions of people continue to suffer from hunger and to die from malnutrition, ...

New Studies Show Potential Impact of Programs for Sex Workers, People Who Inject Drugs, and Men Who Have Sex with Men WASHINGTON, November 28, 2012 – As the world prepares to commemorate World AIDS Da...

Panama is more than the Canal. In the past few years, the country has become one of the main tourist destinations in Central America, especially for the European and the US markets. According to World...

Increased high-intensity cyclones, reduced arable land and the loss of low-lying regions are just some of the possible consequences for Latin America and the Caribbean if global temperatures were to r...

Bank President Kim says world can learn from government policies that increased wealth for tens of millions WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2012 – A new World Bank report released today found that Latin America ...

Financial disclosure is a powerful anti-corruption tool WASHINGTON, November 8, 2012– Financial disclosure laws requiring public officials to file a statement of their assets, liabilities and interest...

WASHINGTON, November 2, 2012 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has endorsed a move that will make the Bank’s original financing instrument more effective and clear for governments, staff...

The expansion of the Panama Canal is one of the most important engineering works of the 21st century, one that will fundamentally change maritime activity and logistics around the world. It will also ...